विकसत्कुन्दमन्दारमकरन्दसुगन्धिषु । वसन्तवनजालेषु कूजत्कोकिलपक्षिषु ॥ ५ ॥
vikasatkundamandāramakarandasugandhiṣu | vasantavanajālēṣu kūjatkōkilapakṣiṣu || 5 ||
Translation
in the spring woods, fragrant with the nectar of opening kunda and mandāra blossoms, loud with cuckoos and birds,
Word by word
- vikasat
- opening
- kunda
- of kunda
- mandāra
- and mandāra
- makaranda
- with the nectar
- sugandhiṣu
- fragrant
- vasanta
- spring
- vana
- of woods
- jālēṣu
- in the tracts
- kūjat
- loud
- kōkila
- with cuckoos
- pakṣiṣu
- and birds
Meaning
The commentary: in the spring forests that delight the mind with the warbling of cuckoos and the faint fragrance of blooming kunda and mandāra flowers. Kunda is jasmine; mandāra is the coral tree, also a tree of heaven.